IPC/WG/18/1

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WIPO / / E
IPC/WG/18/1
ORIGINAL: English
DATE: September 11, 2007
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
GENEVA

special union for the international patent classification
(IPC Union)

IPC Revision working group

Eighteenth Session

Geneva, November 26 to 30, 2007

DRAFT agenda

prepared by the Secretariat

1.Opening of the session
2.Adoption of the agenda
See the present document.
3.Report on the fourth session of the IPC Advanced Level Subcommittee
See documentIPC/ALS/4/-.
4.Removal of references from guidance headings and of informative references from the scheme
See Projects M031 and M032.
5.Systematic introduction of graphic illustrations in the IPC
See Project WG171.
6.Publication of the ninth edition of the IPC (IPC-2009) and related material
See document IPC/WG/18/2 and Project WG181.
7.Revision of the Guide to the IPC
See document IPC/WG/18/3 and ProjectWG182.
8.Renumbering of pre-reform residual main groups
See documentIPC/WG/16/3 and Project WG111.
9.Requests for revision of the core level of the IPC
See ProjectWG020.
10.Proposals for improving the IPC
See documentIPC/WG/12/4 and Projects M011 toM014, M700, M701 and M702.
11.IPCcore level revision projects relating to the mechanical field
See Projects[*]C438, C439, C441, C442(F), C445(F)
and C446.
12.IPCcore level revision projects relating to the electrical field
See Projects*C435, C447, C448, C449 and C451.
13.IPCcore level revision projects relating to the chemical field
See Projects*C432, C 436, C443 and C450.
14.Updating of IPC training examples
See documentIPC/WG/17/2 and ProjectTE 132.
15.IPC definition projects relating to the mechanical field
See Projects* D 012, D 013, D 014, D 031, D 055, D 058, D067, D068, D069, D074(F), D075(F), D076, D077, D078, D079, D081, D098, D101, D102, D103, D104, D105, D106, D107, D108 and D109.
16.IPC definition projects relating to the electrical field
See Projects* D054(F), D086, D087 (F), D121(F)
and D122(F).
17.IPC definition projects relating to the chemical field
See Projects* D071, D089(F), D093(F), D096(F), D097(F), D099(F), D100, D112(F), D113(F), D114(F), D115, D116 and D117.
18.IPC systematic maintenance projects relating to the mechanical field
See document IPC/WG/15/4 and Projects*M100, M102, M107 and M109(F).
19.IPC systematic maintenance projects relating to the electrical field
See document IPC/WG/15/4 and Projects* M103 and M110.
20.IPC systematic maintenance projects relating to the chemical field
See document IPC/WG/15/4 and Projects*M101, M104, M105 and M106.
21.Status of the work
22.Next session of the Working Group
23.Closing of the session

The opening meeting will start on Monday, November 26, 2007, at 10 a.m., at the headquarters of WIPO, 34, chemin des Colombettes, Geneva (Conference Room B).

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[*](F) indicates that only the French version of projects approved in English is to beconsidered.
Underlined projects under items 11 to 20 take priority during this session.